Table of Contents Volume 47 Number 4 (Winter 2015-2016)

Social Inequalities in Early School Leaving: The Role of Educational Institutions and the Socioeconomic Context
Jeroen Lavrijsen and Ides Nicaisepages
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2015.1098265

Developing Professional Early Childhood Educators in England and Hungary: Where Has All the Love Gone?
Verity Campbell-Barr, Janet Georgeson, and Anikó Nagy Vargapages
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2015.1100451

Global Discourses and Local Responses: A Dialogic Perspective on Educational Reforms in the Russian Federation
Olena Aydarovapage
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2015.1107375

Quality of Education and Its Evaluation: An Analysis of the Russian Academic Discussion
Galina Gurova, Nelli Piattoeva, and Tuomas Takalapages
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2015.1107377

BOOK REVIEWS
Forging Rights in a New Democracy: Ukrainian Students Between Freedom and Justice by Anna Fournier
Matthew D. Pauly
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2016.1095555

Educational Reform and Internationalisation: The Case of School Reform in Kazakhstan edited by David Bridges
Duishon Shamatovpages
DOI:10.1080/10564934.2016.1107443

Interview with Svitlana Schudlo, a co-author of "Reworking of school principals' roles in the context of educational privatization: A view from Ukraine"

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, market forces have fundamentally transformed the education system of Ukraine. In "Reworking of school principals' roles in the context of educational privatization," Serhiy Kovalchuk and Svitlana Schudlo examine how various forms of education privatization have affected Ukrainian schools and how school principals have adjusted to the new realia.

Listen to an interview (in Ukrainian language with English subtitles) with Svitlana Schudlo, a co-author of the article, who discusses the influence of market forces on the education sphere in Ukraine, the fundamental changes in the role of school principals, and the implications of the changing social functions of school administrators for education quality and equity in the context of privatization. If you would like to read the entire paper or any other content from our journal, you can find out more about subscriptions at this page.

Переосмислення ролі директорів шкіл в контексті приватизації освіти: 

погляд з України

З часу розпаду Радянського Союзу ринкові відносини фундаментально трансформували систему освіти України. У статті «Переосмислення ролі директорів шкіл в контексті приватизації освіти: погляд з України», Сергій Ковальчук і Світлана Щудло аналізують вплив різних форм приватизації освіти на українські школи, а також  шляхи адаптації директорів шкіл до нових реалій.

Послухайте інтерв’ю (українською мовою з англійськими субтитрами) Світлани Щудло, Доктора Соціології Дрогобицького Державного Педагогічного Університету ім. Івана Франка, яка обговорює вплив ринкових відносин на сферу освіти в Україні, фундаментальні зміни ролі директорів шкіл, а також значення зміни соціальних функцій шкільних адміністраторів для якості освітнього процесу в контексті приватизації.

Reworking of School Principals’ Roles in the Context of Educational Privatization: A View from Ukraine

Educational privatization created new arrangements for funding, provision, and regulation of educational systems and their various stakeholders worldwide. In "Reworking of school principals' roles in the context of educational privatization," Serhiy Kovalchuk and Svitlana Schudlo examine the driving forces of privatization in the public education of Ukraine, focusing specifically on the professional roles of school principals who have been compelled by state underfunding to search for external private funds to maintain and develop their educational establishments.

Listen to one of the author's of the article, Serhiy Kovalchuk, who discusses the factors driving privatization, offers examples of how these factors have reshaped principals’ professional roles, and explains how the Ukrainian principals have adapted to varying degrees to accept the new professional role of fundraisers. 

If you would like to read the entire paper or any other content from our journal, you can find out more about subscriptions at this page.

Just published: (Re)Examining Privatization and Public Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

The latest issue of European Education addresses a heatedly debated topic of privatization of public education in post-socialist Eastern Europe and Eurasia. This region is of particular interest because of the rapid transition from central to market economies, and the lack of subsequent systematic research on privatization in education either in the global literature on education or the regionally focused literature on privatization and its extension into marketization and public–private partnerships. This special issue aims to bridge this gap by stimulating further research and debate about the effects of privatization on education across the former socialist region. Drawing on case studies from Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and Tajikistan, the articles in this issue raise questions about the incentives and potential for structural discrimination that are created as private funds for education are directed into school systems through a variety of mechanisms that include school choice, private schools, parent payments to public schools, not-for-profit private providers, and supplementary tutoring courses.

If you would like to read the entire paper or any other content from our journal, you can find out more about subscriptions here. We will also be featuring video interviews with the authors about their articles published in this special issue!

Table of Contents

Editorial Introduction: (Re)Examining Privatization and Public Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Kate Lapham, Daniel Pop, and Iveta Silova

Private Pre-University Education in Romania: Mixing Control with Lack of Strategy

Cristina Stănuş

Reworking of School Principals' Roles in the Context of Educational Privatization: A view from Ukraine

Serhiy Kovalchuk and Svitlana Shchudlo

Parental Choices in the Primary and Secondary School Market in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Christopher Whitsel

The “Language Barrier” in Private Online Tutoring: From an Innocuous Concept to a Neoliberal Marketing Tool

Olga Kozar

New Issue Published on Eduction in Post-Soviet Ukraine

We are pleased to announce the publication of European Education Volume 45, Number 1, a special issue which takes up the question of Educational Metamorphoses in Post-Soviet Ukraine.Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine initiated a series of sweeping educational reforms aimed at successfully positioning the newly independent state within the global political and economic arena. This special issue brings together scholars and researchers to explore the broad questions about the trajectories of post-socialist transformations by critically examining the educational metamorphoses in post-Soviet Ukraine. The editors Iveta Silova and Noah W. Sobe note in their introduction that "through multiple research lenses, levels, and sites, the authors engage in a timely discussion of the major changes taking place in the educational system of the post-Soviet Ukraine and their implications for education quality and equity, focusing specifically on such areas of education reforms as the Bologna process, educational  standards, quality, access, and teacher development essential for the development of well-being of Ukrainian youth in and outside of Ukraine." The articles in this issue powerfully demonstrate the excitement and uncertainty of post-Soviet transformations. The impact these transformations have on the lives of Ukrainian teachers, students, and youth is great and this issue of European Education is a wonderful addition to the body of knowledge on this topic. If you would like to read this special issue, you can find out more about subscriptions here.

Table of Contents Volume 45 Number 1 (Spring 2013)

Educational Metamorphoses in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Quo Vadis? 

Editorial Introduction
Educational Metamorphoses in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Quo Vadis? 
Iveta Silova and Noah W. Sobe

Flawed Implementation or Inconsistent Logics?

Lessons from Higher Education Reform in Ukraine

Marta A. Shaw

Teacher Collaboration in Times of Uncertainty and Societal Change

The Case Study of Post-Soviet Ukraine

Benjamin Kutsyuruba

What Are We Educating Our Youth For?
The Role of Education in the Era of Vocational Schools for "Dummies" and Diploma Mill Universities in Ukraine 
Alla Korzh

Ethnic Experience and Politics of Ethnicity in a Globalized Environment
Insights into the Perspectives and Experiences of the Ukrainian Minority Youth in Poland
Ewa Kowalski